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Wanting to fix others
How looking at our problems and addressing them is more beneficial than trying to fix…
View PostLove and attachment
How to not only recognize the difference between love and attachment but how to be…
View PostInfallible effects of karma
Avoiding and purifying the negative karma created through the actions of our body, speech, and…
View PostVinaya traditions for bhikshuni ordination
Equality for men and women practitioners in terms of full ordination as well as actual…
View PostGeneral characteristics of karma
Karma is definite, expandable, doesn't get lost, and results from the causes that we have…
View PostImagining your death
The Buddhist practice of meditation on our own deaths can free our minds from the…
View PostNine-point death meditation
By reflecting carefully and thoroughly on death and impermanence, we reach the conclusion that we…
View PostRarity of a precious human rebirth
Contemplating the rarity of a precious human life complete with both the ability and the…
View PostPrecious human rebirth
How we can use our precious human life to advance ourselves on the Dharma path.
View PostExtraordinary aspiration: The seven-limb practice
A powerful practice from the King of Prayers that can be done daily to purify…
View PostThe eight worldly concerns
How to work with mental obstacles that keep us from practicing the Dharma.
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